8 stabbed in Minnesota mall by security guard

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Knife-wielding man attacks at least 8 in Minnesota mall, then is shot dead

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A knife-wielding suspect who was dressed in a private security uniform and made references to Allah while attacking at least eight people during a mass stabbing attack at a Minnesota shopping mall was shot dead by an off-duty police officer, authorities said.

St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson said during a news conference that eight people were taken to St. Cloud Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following the attack first reported about 8:15 p.m. Saturday at the Crossroads Center. One person was admitted. No further details were released.

Anderson said an off-duty police officer from another jurisdiction shot and killed the unidentified suspect, who was armed with a knife and wearing a private security firm uniform at the time of the attack. Anderson did not say where the off-duty officer serves.

Anderson also said the suspect made at least one reference to Allah during the attack and asked at least one person whether he or she were Muslim.

But Anderson declined to call the attacks an act of terrorism, saying the motive for the attacks isn't known yet. “We will be diligent and get to the bottom of this,” Anderson said. “Starting tomorrow, things won't be the same here.”

Local police had three previous encounters with the suspect, most for minor traffic violations, Anderson said, adding that the FBI had offered to help with the investigation.

Authorities “have no reason to believe” anyone else was involved in the attacks, Anderson said. He said the stabbings occurred in several places within the mall, including corridors, businesses and common areas.

“The entire mall is an active crime scene,” Anderson said.

The mall remained on lockdown following the incident, but authorities expected those remaining inside to be released early Sunday. Photos and video of the mall taken hours after the incident showed groups of shoppers waiting to be released, including some huddled together near a food court entrance.

Harley and Tama Exsted of Isle, Minn., who were in St. Cloud to watch their son play in a college golf tournament, were in the mall when the incident occurred.

“All of a sudden I heard pop, pop, pop,” Harley Exsted told the St. Cloud Times. “I thought someone tipped over a shelf. All of a sudden these people started running. I just saw everybody running our way.”

There also were reports of some shots fired during the attack.

The couple were unharmed and said they helped another woman who was running from the scene to her car.

Adonis Samuels, 42, of St. Cloud was outside the mall where his wife Roxanne is employed as a manager at Clinique at Macy's.

“She called me on the phone and told me she was hiding under the counter with a customer,” Samuels said. She later called and said she was safe in a secured area.

Samuels remained outside, watching for her. He said he'd seen her through the glass doors at one point so he knew she was safe.

St. Cloud is about 70 miles northwest of Minneapolis.
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ISIS media claims man who stabbed 8 at Minnesota mall was 'soldier of the Islamic State'

Updated: 18 September 2016 10:02 AM

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) -- An Islamic State linked media source has claimed a man who stabbed eight people at a Minnesota shopping mall was a "soldier of the Islamic State."

The man, who was reportedly a private security guard uniform at the time of the attack, mentioned Allah and asked at least one victim if they were Muslim before an off-duty police officer shot and killed him, authorities said.
 
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Brother of St. Cloud stabbing suspect jailed
7:47 AM. CDT September 22, 2016

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FARGO, N.D. - The brother of a man accused of attacking 10 people at a central Minnesota mall before being killed by an off-duty police officer won't be released from jail in Fargo to attend the funeral.

East Central Judicial District Judge Thomas Olson on Wednesday refused to temporarily release from jail 27-year-old Abdullahi Adan, of St. Cloud, Minnesota. He is the brother of Dahir Ahmed Adan, who authorities have accused of going on a knife attack Saturday at the mall in St. Cloud.

Court records show Abdullahi Adan pleaded not guilty to two felony drug counts in July. He is being held at the Cass County Jail after being arrested for drugs back in June of this year in Fargo. During a traffic stop, an officer smelled marijuana, detained Adan and two other men, and subsequently found various amounts of drugs and over a thousand dollars in cash in the vehicle.

Adan also has a pending appeal with the North Dakota Supreme Court after being arrested in the western part of the state late last year, officers again finding a large amount of marijuana.

Abdullahi Adan is part of a group of inmates suing the Cass County Jail, alleging pork had been included in their meals. As the men are Muslim, their religion does not permit them to ingest pork.
 
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